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Day Three Hundred Sixty (Year Three)

So, last night when I was playing around with the bass line, I was trying out ideas on my electric guitar, just using the four lowest strings.  My thought process was that, if I can find a suitable bass effect that I can run through my electric, I'd be fine recording my demos. 

Tonight, fully admitting that I'm a day behind on recording right now, it dawned on me that it would be so much easier to just get out the bass, plug it straight into the board, and go.  I'm less comfortable with bass than I am with guitar.  Haven't played it as much, and the thicker strings take a bit of getting used to for me.  Granted, I suppose that recording three songs in twenty four days ought to help out my bass playing some.  Haven't laid down any tracks yet, but just in picking up the bass and playing against the drums a bit, it feels right (as it should).  That's what happens when you try to take shortcuts on the way to awesome, you end up with something you'd just have to go and fix later anyway.

Now what I'm debating is whether or not I want electric guitar all the way through the song, or just in the solo.  That's me, always thinking two steps ahead.  I was supposed to record the acoustic part tonight instead of worrying about bass.  My new goal is to finish up some semblance of a bass part tonight before I sleep, and to record guitar(s) tomorrow.

It's definitely been an interesting five days of adjusting to this schedule, but I like the progress I'm making.  I'll finish the song by Monday night, I know that for sure.  In the past, being behind would have stopped momentum entirely, now it just makes me want to push through and catch up to where I'm supposed to be.

More tomorrow, and better.  Hopefully tomorrow night's post will be all about how I got back on track.
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